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Denver voters will decide whether to allow non-citizens to serve as police, firefighters
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Non-citizens are one step closer to being able to apply to become a Denver police officer or firefighter after the City Council unanimously approved a ballot measure seeking to change the city charter during Monday’s meeting. The proposed charter change requiring police and fire departments to drop a requirement that applicants be a U.S. citizen…
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Gun violence is rising. Two leaders say Denver schools and police need a new relationship.
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Nearly a year ago, two former Denver Public Schools administrators pitched an idea for how police and students could form healthy relationships instead of punitive ones. The proposal hasn’t been put into place. Nor have any others that address how Denver schools and city police should work together after a 2020 decision to remove police…
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Polis says red flag law ‘can work better’ than assault weapons ban
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Gov. Jared Polis believes Colorado’s red flag law is a more effective tool than an assault weapons ban, which General Assembly Democrats appear to be pursuing. Extreme Risk Protection Orders – which allow family members or law enforcement officers to petition a court to removing firearms from a person who poses an imminent threat to themselves or others –…
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Metro Denver on edge: Community activists press call for police accountability after shootings
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The recent spate of officer-involved shootings in metro Denver that placed the metropolis on edge – four in four days – spurred some community activists to action Monday. At a rally on the west steps of the state Capitol Monday, several groups said they are organizing people across the state in response to the recent…
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Accused Planned Parenthood shooter would be competent to stand trial if forced to take medication: Psychologists
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The man accused of shooting up a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood in 2015, killing three and injuring nine, would be competent to stand trial if he were forced to take anti-psychotic medication, two psychiatrists testified at a federal court hearing Tuesday. Robert Lewis Dear, 64, was first ruled incompetent to stand trial in Colorado Springs…
